Assistant captain.
2003-04: All-WCHA Second Team selection ... Named to the WCHA Final Five all-tournament team ... Also named to the All-WCHA Academic squad ... Played in every game during season and tied for third on the team with a +33 rating ... Second among Sioux defenseman with a career-high seven goals and 21 points ... Enjoyed the first two-goal game of his career against Minnesota (Nov. 8) ... Scored the first game-winning goal of his career at St. Cloud State (Jan. 3) ... Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 6) ... Enjoyed career-long six-game scoring streak from Oct. 31 to Nov. 15 ... Named to Subway Holiday Classic all-tournament team ... Tied for sixth in the WCHA among defensemen with 16 points in 28 league games ... Received team’s “Archie Krum Award” for leadership, high academic standards and athletic excellence ... Earned third letter.
2002-03: Named to All-WCHA Academic Team ... Played in a career-high 39 games ... Had a goal and six assists ... Represented the U.S. at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia ... Had three assists in seven games and was a +2 ... Earned second letter.
2001-02: Drafted by Phoenix in third round (80th overall) of 2002 NHL Entry Draft ... Received UND's Tom Hoghaug Memorial Scholarship, given to the freshman hockey player who best demonstrates initiative, character and a sense of responsibility ... Played in all 37 games as a freshman ... Picked up two goals and five assists ... Scored first collegiate goal in season opener Oct. 5 against Minnesota ... Added his first career assist Oct. 19 against Maine ... Earned first letter.
Before UND: In 2000-01 was with the Green Bay Gamblers where he played in 52 games, scoring three goals and adding 10 assists for 13 points ... A USHL All-Star in 2001 ... Also played in the Four Nations Tournament in Germany ... In the summer of 2000, played in the Slovakia Four Nations Tournament, was named the top defenseman.
Personal: A 2001 graduate of Ashwaubenon High School in Green Bay, Wis. ... Majoring in information systems ... Son of Jeff and Mary Ann Jones.
Jones’s Career Statistics
OVERALL
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW
01-02 37 2 5 7 10/20 0 0 0
02-03 39 1 6 7 13/26 0 0 0
03-04 41 7 14 21 20/40 2 0 1
Totals 117 10 25 35 43/86 2 0 1
WCHA
Year GP G A PTS PEN PP SH GW
01-02 28 1 4 5 6/12 0 0 0
02-03 26 0 3 3 12/24 0 0 0
03-04 28 6 10 16 13/26 2 0 1
Totals 82 7 17 24 31/62 2 0 1
